On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Adrian Buehlmann <adr...@cadifra.com> wrote:
> On 13.09.2009 22:14, Sune Foldager wrote:
>> I agree, although I do turn on and off unknown files quite a lot, but rarely
>> anything else. But then why not a menu? Sure you would need to go there six
>> times to change everything, but there could be an entry for the default set,
>> for instance, and people won't change things very often.
>
> I'll just pick this one to reply, which seems
> interesting to me.
>
> I have to say, I mostly do just the very same:
>
> I turn on and off unknown files.
>
> So I find this quite remarkable.
>
> On the other end, I can't remember ever having wanted
> to see "C" files.
>
> Wait. Let me pull that notebook theme again...
>
> How about using a notebook on the left side with two tabs.
>
> "MAR" files on the first tab.
> "?" on the second tab, maybe with a tab label in red
> ("Unknown Files")
>
> If there are no "?" files, there wouldn't be a second tab.
>
> Question is, who wants to see "!C" files and where?
deleting clean files, adding ignored files, or perhaps someone who
doesn't have shell extensions. Pretty rare, no doubt.
> Maybe more tabs? Probably not....
>
> Damn. Cracking this UI wart is harder than I thought.
>
> An argument for the current solution is that I always see
> if the "?" box is checkmarked or not.
>
> If we hide that inside a menu we don't see it any more.
> Neither if it is inside a hidden page of notebook.
>
> As a side note, it annoys me at times that my selection is
> not persistent. But making it persistent may be a bit dangerous
> for newbies. They could miss an unknown file...
There was talk about making this ui configurable, but no-one bothered
making a patch for it.
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